PUEBLO, Colo. - Colorado School of Mines and CSU Pueblo split their doubleheader on Sunday, with the Orediggers prevailing 12-6 in the opener before the Thunderwolves won 8-5 in the late afternoon.

The Orediggers (11-25, 6-13 RMAC) got contributions up and down the lineup as five players had multiple RBI in game one, while CSU Pueblo (19-14, 9-6 RMAC) rode strong pitching and Devean Alvarez's three-hit game to win the late game.

GAME 1
Mines built a big lead and held off a late CSU Pueblo charge to win the day's opener, 12-6.

Tyler Pina homered for the fifth time this season as he, Evan Bilter, Tyler Hummel, Mason Andrews, and Wayne Moeck each drove in a pair of runs; Hummel went 3-for-3 scoring three runs.

Grady Booth allowed two runs through three innings, with Seaver Newby (6-3) throwing the final four innings to pick up the win allowing four runs and striking out three. The Pack ran through four pitchers with starter Luke Ruby (1-3) taking the loss in 3.2 innings pitched. 

Moeck drove in the game's first run on a groundout in the first, and CSUP answered on Brad Stone's RBI single to make it 1-1 through two. Pina's solo shot in the fourth sparked a three-run rally as Canon Humphreys and Moeck had base hits to take a 4-1 lead.

Mines added a run in the fifth on Bilter's two-run ground-rule double to go up 6-2, but blew the game apart with six runs in the sixth. Jackson Woolwine started the scoring on his double to plate Moeck, Pina drew a bases-loaded walk to score Woolwine, and Hummel plated two on his single before Andrews' two-run double made it 12-2.

The Thunderwolves mounted a comeback as George Andrews and Elijah Borjas homered back-to-back in the home half of the sixth, but Newby worked out of trouble in the sixth and struck out two in the seventh to secure the win.

GAME 2
CSU Pueblo scored three runs in both the third and fourth innings to push past Mines, 8-5, to close Sunday.

Evan Bilter, Tyler Pina, and Canon Humphreys each had two-hit games for Mines. Starter Will Niles (1-3) allowed six runs through three and a third with Sam Monk (0.1 IP, 0 R) and Peter Lynch (2.1 IP, 2 R) worked the balance of the game.

Nick Perry (3-2) struck out four through five allowing four runs for the Pack, with Alex Oliver picking up his second save in two innings of one-run relief.

Bilter's first-inning sacrifice fly to plate Jackson Woolwine in the first got Mines ahead early, but the Thunderwolves' three-run third put them ahead thanks to a sac fly by Wyatt Reginato and RBI from Elijah Borjas and Logan Kelly. Tyler Easter got a run back in the top of the fourth on his single to bring in Alex Dunagan, but CSUP piled on three more runs in the home half keyed by back-to-back triples from Noah Williams and Reginato.

Mines made it a two-run game in the fifth when Tyler Pina doubled in Bilter and Humprheys pushed Pina across on a groundout to trail 6-4, but a bases-loaded Borjas walk in the fifth and Alvarez's RBI single in the sixth put the hosts back ahead 8-4; Mines scored a run in the seventh on Andrews' fielder's choice.

NEXT UP
Mines and CSU Pueblo complete their series Monday with a single game at noon.